IC 4854

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Galaxy
IC 4854 / IC 4855
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Constellation peacock
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 19 h 27 m 21.1 s
declination -58 ° 18 ′ 56 ″
Appearance
Morphological type (R) SAB (rs) bc  
Brightness  (visual) 13.1 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.8 mag
Angular expansion 1.30 'x 1.2'
Position angle 28 °
Surface brightness 13.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.013676 ± 0.000150  
Radial velocity (4100 ± 45) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(180 ± 13)  x  10 6  ly
(55.1 ± 3.9)  Mpc 
history
discovery DeLisle Stewart
Discovery date August 1901
Catalog names
IC  4854 • IC 4855 • PGC  63223 • ESO  142-007 • IRAS  19230-5925 • 2MASX  J19272118-5918553 • LDCE 1323 NED089

IC 4854 = IC 4855 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Scd in the constellation Peacock. It is estimated to be 180 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart in August 1901 .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 4854
  3. Seligman